OBD on Peugeot 206 - Y reg / 2001

[ToffeeApple]

Hi guys and gals,

I have a 2001 Peugeot and want to get diagnostics from it. I have a android tablet with Bluetooth and and elm327 odb dongle but can only get rpm from it.

Any ideas what I would need to get realtime diags from the car? Is there are a reliable Bluetooth model that hasn't been cloned by the far east that would work?

Why was the 2001 model different to other from a later year?

Any advice would be welcomed.

TA!

[VWDaz86]

May be wrong on this but

OBD2 was the new standard from 2002, so if your car is just OBD but not OBD2 that may explain limited data availability.

[V8forweekends]

^^^ This - I think the car's too old.

[morgrp]

I thought OBD II was from 1996 onwards?

[Steve H]

It was about 2001 for petrol cars ad 2004/5 for diesels. OBD data does vary a lot between different models irrespective of what you plug into it.

[UKAutospark]

OBD is a generic term for Onboard Diagnostics. ie Any electronic module fitted to a vehicle with the capability to store and report trouble codes or is capable of serial datastream can be classed as OBD.

The First legislative OBD was introduced in California in 1991 and OBD11 was introduced in 1996. EOBD was introduced in Europe in 2001 for petrols and 2003 for Diesels.

Many people confuse these term, I have even heard The term EOBD2 which doesn't actually exist.

From WIKI..................
1991:[1] The California Air Resources Board (CARB) requires that all new vehicles sold in California in 1991 and newer vehicles have some basic OBD capability. These requirements are generally referred to as "OBD-I", though this name is not applied until the introduction of OBD-II. The data link connector and its position are not standardized, nor is the data protocol.

1996: The OBD-II specification is made mandatory for all cars sold in the United States.
2001: The European Union makes EOBD mandatory for all gasoline (petrol) vehicles sold in the European Union, starting in MY2001 (see European emission standards Directive 98/69/EC[2]).
2003: The European Union makes EOBD mandatory for all diesel vehicles sold in the European Union.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OBD-II#OBD-II

[r11co]

For doing anything worthwhile diagnostically-wise with a Peugeot you will need to use their own PP2000 software and a Lexia 3 interface. Standard tools won't work.

Lexia 3 clones can be purchased for £45...!